Psychiatrist

The psychiatrist/councelor wants to hear everything you have to say. Just start talking. Over time, a picture of you will appear as you both put the jigsaw puzzle together. Often each of us feel insignificant, as if our life doesn’t matter. That can escalate into suicidal behavior that we didn’t even see coming! You need to see that your life is important— to you and to the future. You deserve to live life and someday, somewhere, you can make a difference in someone else’s life. Help the shrink help you find out how you can achieve this. Don’t give up hope.

be honest with the psychiatrist tell him or her everything no matter how foolish it may seem to you. dont hold back anything. that is the only way they may be able to help you. good luck toni

Hmm, of all the things I have thought while doing therapy, I dont think ‘shut up’ has ever been one of them… People in the mental health field go into this field because they want to help people. They help people by listening to their problems, as well as other stuff of course. Why dont you give it a shot. You dont have to lay out all your problems at once, I mean no one expects you to. And you can see how you like it. It’s worth a shot. I mean I assume it’s not fun being unhappy. And if you’re willing to go as far as to try and kill yourself to end whatever you wanted to end, surely a therapy session isnt that far out there?

Been there done that bought the T-shirt. I’ve lived through the lot, and one of my friends is now forcing me into councelling because I’m not quite stable at times. The truth is, if like you said a lot has happened but nothing excessively bad recently it may be that it all suddenly weighed on you at once and you felt unable to handle it. I also have trouble talking to people as I do not like having the focus on me, but believe me it can be really helpful. These people listen to problems as a job, so when you’re with them just vent and let it all out so that it doesn’t all add up again.

Hope this answer is helpful and you feel better!